Tag: Solarcraft
Afternoon Brief, April 6
Constellation Buys the Prisoner Wine Company for $285 Million: Less than a year after buying Meiomi, the company sees potential in the red blend Dave Phinney created...
Afternoon Brief, March 16
How Character-Driven Labels Are Driving Wine Sales: As the wine aisles swell with an ever-rising sea of brands, wine producers are looking to increasingly rich and imaginative narratives on which to build their brands...
Afternoon Brief, March 9
Despite Strong Sales, Some Oregon Wineries Financially Stressed: More than one-fourth of Oregon wineries reported poor financial performance in a recent survey, which may actually be related to their success in growing sales and production, experts say...
Afternoon Brief, February 3
Sonoma County Vintners Announces Leadership Change: Sonoma County Vintners (SCV), the membership association serving as the leading voice of Sonoma County's acclaimed winemaking community, today announced that Executive Director Carolyn Stark has resigned for personal reasons, effective February 2...
Afternoon Brief, October 28
Italy Reclaims Spot as World's Biggest Wine Producer From France: Italy is set to reclaim its spot as the world's biggest wine producer after output in the home of Chianti and Prosecco rebounded from last year, when rain spoiled part of the grape crop...
Afternoon Brief: June 17
Fine Wine Market Grows 234% in 10 Years: A new report has revealed the increasing popularity of fine wine over the past decade, highlighting growth of 234%...
Afternoon Brief, May 6
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate Kicks Off U.S. Matter of Taste Tour in Chicago
Robert Parkers Wine Advocate is debuting its inaugural Matter of Taste tour on U.S. shores in 2015 as part of a global series of exclusive events for eRobertParker.com members and guests...
Afternoon Brief, April 22
Sonoma County's Vineyards Reach Halfway Mark Towards Becoming 100% Sustainable by 2019: Sonoma County Winegrowers announced today that more than half of all vineyard acres in Sonoma County have completed a sustainability self-assessment...
Afternoon Brief, February 25
U.S. wine exports in 2014 second highest on record: Exports of U.S. wine last year were the second-most valuable on record, reaching $1.49 billion in revenue, nearly all of it from California...
Afternoon Brief, December 31
Australia's wine 'cheaper than a bottle of water': It depends what wine you're looking at and where you get your bottled water, but on some big retailers' shelves in Australia it's not too hard today to find water that is more expensive than wine...
Afternoon Brief, November 25
Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines Still a Powerful Guide:
Before Wine Spectator announced its top 100 wines of the year last week, the awarded wines were hardly setting Wine Searcher's database on fire. But interest has exploded as each of the top 10 wines was announced...
Afternoon Brief, October 15
Winning in U.S. wine: Pricing to maximize profit, avoid brand equity erosion:
The price of a bottle of wine has a critical impact on the positioning and profitability of a wine brand but marketers are often unsure when they should tweak price to optimize profit...
Afternoon Brief, August 6
African-American Wines Served at White House:
Wines by African-American winemakers were served at the White House this week at the US-Africa Leaders Summit dinner...
Afternoon Brief, May 14
Former Hanzell Winemaker Bob Sessions Dies at 82:
Bob Sessions was perfectly tailored for Hanzell Vineyards. Quiet, humble, hardworking and skilled, Sessions became the winemaker at the historic Sonoma winery in 1973 and oversaw winemaking there for 28 vintages...
Afternoon Brief, May 9
Craft Beverage Expo Draws 1,300 Attendees to Launch Event in San Jose, California:
More than 1,300 attendees, who are members of the artisan wine, craft beer, craft spiritsand craft cider industries, gathered May 6-8 in San Jose, Calif., for the inaugural Craft Beverage Expo...
